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STERN: At one point, Daniel said to me "How come I'm so tired?" And, in hindsight I wish that I had seen that as some sort of a signal and seen that something wasn't right.
KING: So, what happened did he just close -- did he close his eyes or what?
STERN: Well, I mean the next thing that I remember that happened from my perspective is that in the morning Anna said "Howard, Howard, Daniel's not breathing."
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KING: Dr. Wecht, how did he die? DR. CYRIL WECHT, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST AND ATTORNEY: Good evening, Larry.
He died tragically and I believe quite accidentally as a result of the cumulative effect of three brain depressant drugs, methadone, which is an analgesic, a painkiller; Zoloft, an antidepressant; and Lexapro, an antidepressant.
We knew about Lexapro, Larry, as you will recall from the first battery of tests performed on a specimen submitted, taken during resuscitation at Doctor's Hospital, so that came as no surprise.
Methadone and Zoloft come as a big surprise to Anna Nicole, to Howard Stern, to the attorneys, to everybody. And, at this point, I do not know the source. I do not know which physicians prescribed these drugs, when, and for what conditions.
They are both drugs that are perfectly licit, licit, legal. These are drugs that can be obtained through prescriptions. Why they would have been prescribed I do not know. When he got them and exactly when he took them, these are things we're still tracing.
Methodone is NOT LEGAL in the Bahamas!!!
Cyril Wecht is an idiot. Just another quack who believes his own delusions of grandeur.
He has seen better days - get off the stage Cyril - you are over!
Indroctination Tonight and Team Stern must be getting desperate. I read the article posted on the ET site about Anna's heartbreaking email regarding Daniel. I was expecting a two long paragraph letter expressing grief and something that would push me to tears and say "Oh God....maybe she did kill herself" Well this is what it says...
Thank you. I just wish I could be going thru good times now. I miss hih(sp). I want to die!
I'm not discounting Anna's pain but if they are basing Howard's defense on her committing suicide this letter ain't gonna do it. Howie...you need to cook up something with a meat and fast.
It doesn't even make sense under the circumstances. It's some kind of filler line...and Howard leaves the possibility that it occurred at anytime until his time of death.
Does it work at 1:00 AM? Does it work at 7:00 AM??
It really doesn't work in either frame.
I'd say the kid would need 24 hours at least. That was a lot of stress...
Obviously, methadone was NOT prescribed for Daniel...and if he went straight from the airport to the hospital, HOW would he have gotten it? Unless, of course, HKS or ANS gave it to him IN THE HOSPITAL! It's insane...
I've also read recently that 'someone' (can't remember who it was, but I think it was someone in Stern's camp) stated that Daniel had previously 'stolen' methodone from his mother, and that she kicked him out of the house for it. I guess that could have happened..but if so, how come we haven't seen pictures of Daniel 'wasted' all over the tabloids? I know he wasn't a celebrity per se, but the tabloids post pictures of people and children of celebreties that are way less recognizable than him. Not to mention, I haven't heard or read anything that makes him appear to be a 'problem-child'...or a kid with a drug problem....EXCEPT, of course, the BS stuff from Stern with Shelley and Thompson saying that they 'heard' or someone suspected..he might be anorexic! I just believe if he was addicted or abusing methadone, we would have seen something about it on TV or in the tabloids (i.e. pictures, etc.)